(09:08:20) lxmaier: the meeting shall come to orded
(09:08:21) lxmaier: :)
(09:08:35) tchung: roll please
(09:08:35) gja: lxmaier: +1
(09:08:35) mosp: hey lxmaier
(09:08:36) kushal: KushalDas
(09:08:37) lxmaier has changed the topic to: Discussion on Expanding
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(09:08:42) GeroldKa: GeroldKassube
(09:08:44) kushal: KushalDas
(09:08:46) tchung: ThomasChung
(09:08:49) cds: ClairShaw
(09:08:51) gja: TejasDinkar
(09:08:51) Ekushey: RussellJohn
(09:08:51) lxmaier: Alex Maier
(09:08:52) iWolf: JeffreyTadlock
(09:08:52) JoseTarazona: JoseTarazona
(09:08:52) JorgeTorres: JorgeTorres
(09:09:10) mosp: MikaelJacobsson
(09:09:18) Eitch: HugoCisneiros
(09:09:36) rwhetsel: RobertWhetsel
(09:10:13) lxmaier: Please open the schedule for today:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule
(09:10:38) lxmaier: to rules: if you wish to speak, please type "!"
(09:10:54) lxmaier: i will recognize you to speak with > YourNickname
(09:11:03) lxmaier: please wait until I recognize you
(09:11:08) lxmaier: thank you
(09:11:14) lxmaier: first item:
(09:11:18) lxmaier: Famsco Update
(09:11:28) lxmaier: Famsco met on Monday
(09:11:39) lxmaier: we have discussed three things:
(09:12:17) lxmaier: 1: reports from task groups (Budget,
Events/Schwag, Members SErvices)
(09:12:26) abompard: Sorry, I'm late
(09:12:31) abompard: AurelienBompard
(09:12:36) lxmaier: all task groups are making some progress
(09:13:11) lxmaier: budget group will post the guidelines for
requesting money/resources and getting reimbursed for expenses on the
list soon
(09:13:23) lxmaier: soon = today or tomorrow
(09:13:30) lxmaier: 2. LinuxTag
(09:14:10) lxmaier: There was a need to reopen the discussion about
canceling it, as BruderTux (Florian B) requested to reconsider
(09:14:29) lxmaier: Famsco voted to re-confirm our earlier decision
(09:14:36) lxmaier: regrets to BruderTux
(09:14:49) lxmaier: 3. Chairperson election
(09:14:53) cds: ?
(09:15:11) lxmaier: Famsco has confirmed AlexMaier as permanent
chair--until re-election :)\
(09:15:14) lxmaier: thank you
(09:15:17) lxmaier: > cds
(09:15:25) gja: ?
(09:15:38) cds: Just being nosey.. is the discussion on the cancelling
anywhere? I'm interested in the reasons :)
(09:16:25) tchung: eof?
(09:16:29) lxmaier: cds: the reasons are the same as before -- and
this discussion was held on the Ambassadors list
(09:16:31) cds: Oops, sorry, yes.
(09:16:37) GeroldKa: !
(09:16:44) cds: Ok.
(09:16:54) gja: ?
(09:16:59) lxmaier: cds: Famsco has not found any new reasons which
would make a change of plan necessary
(09:17:03) lxmaier: > GeroldKa
(09:17:16) GeroldKa: if requiered I can say later on some words to Linuxtag
(09:17:32) GeroldKa: because I met yesterday with Florian at Stuttgart Germany
(09:17:36) lxmaier: GeroldKa: good idea--if we have time after the agenda
(09:17:37) GeroldKa: <eof>
(09:17:51) lxmaier: > gja
(09:18:02) gja: When ARE the re elections
(09:18:06) gja: for the Steering Committee
(09:18:11) gja: as well as for the chair person
(09:18:13) gja: <eof>
(09:18:36) lxmaier: gja: Famsco has no rules for that yet :)
(09:18:43) tchung: !
tchung thl
(09:18:50) lxmaier: > tchung
(09:19:12) tchung: we have no plan for re-election until next year at
this point.
(09:19:31) tchung: but if you believe you're candidate for famsco,
please let us know.
(09:19:35) tchung: eof
(09:19:50) GeroldKa: !
(09:19:51) mjbrej_away: .nick mjbrej
(09:19:57) mjbrej_away is now known as mjbrej
(09:20:06) lxmaier: > GeroldKa
(09:20:24) GeroldKa: maybe there should be recognized some "rules" for
the famsco, voting, "job description" etc?
(09:20:54) gja: GeroldKa: if we have a year or more to plan it... it
isn't critical, yet
(09:20:57) GeroldKa: because I think this would make sense to the
Ambassadors to see clearer<eof>
(09:21:06) gja: oops, sorry
(09:21:08) cds: !
(09:21:12) lxmaier: GeroldKa: we'll work on this -- for now getting
budget and schwag sorted out is more imporrtant
(09:21:19) lxmaier: > cds
(09:21:27) cds: Can gja please follow meeting protocol?
(09:22:05) cds: <eof> - sorry :
(09:22:06) cds: :)
(09:22:10) lxmaier: famsco update topic closes, unless there are no
more remarks
(09:22:13) lxmaier: 3
(09:22:16) lxmaier: 2
(09:22:20) lxmaier: 1
(09:22:23) GeroldKa: meins
(09:22:25) lxmaier: next item
(09:22:35) lxmaier: Review upcoming events
(09:22:42) lxmaier: Review the FedoraEvents for upcoming 3 months.
Make sure they're correct.  Make sure we've got ambassadors covering
them.
(09:22:52) lxmaier: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
(09:23:00) lxmaier: event 1
(09:23:02) lxmaier: Mar 30, 2006   30 minutes presentation
Strasbourg, FRANCE    ChitleshGoorah     ChitleshGoorah/LicenseESA
ChanServ ChitleshGoorah
(09:23:06) lxmaier: > ChitleshGoorah
(09:23:17) Ekushey- [i=Ekushey@203.112.197.127] entered the room.
(09:23:39) tchung: !
(09:23:41) Ekushey left the room (quit: Nick collision from services.).
tchung thl
(09:23:44) lxmaier: > t
(09:23:48) lxmaier: > tchung
(09:23:53) GeroldKa: !
(09:23:55) Ekushey- is now known as Ekushey
(09:24:09) tchung: I don't belive he's here since he didn't respond to
roll call.
(09:24:10) tchung: eof
(09:24:23) lxmaier: > GeroldKa
(09:24:25) GeroldKa: ChitleshGoorah i have another conference in 30
minutes (he seems to be absent <eof>
(09:24:38) lxmaier: thanks tchung, GeroldKa
(09:24:41) lxmaier: moving on
(09:24:48) lxmaier: Apr 3-6, 2006   LinuxWorld Boston 2006   Boston,
MA, USA - LinuxWorld US    MatthewMiller
(09:24:48) lxmaier: JackAboutboul    See
LinuxWorld/LinuxWorldBoston2006      Apr 4, 2006   A day with Fedora
Durgapur, West Bengal, India   KushalDas    A whole day event BCREC
College, Durgapur.
(09:24:48) lxmaier:  Will talk on FC5.Second FC5 as desktop for the
students. One translation speech. Willalso have a install fest. Labs
are already based on Fedora
(09:24:54) lxmaier: lwe and fudcon
greendisease gregdek_gone
(09:25:02) lxmaier: > greendisease
(09:25:27) lxmaier: absent
(09:25:31) lxmaier: moving on
(09:25:51) lxmaier: ]Apr 11, 2006   Local LUG - Campux   France,
Lille.   ThomasCanniot   Have to translate presentation, and don't
think i need any schwag. 20-25 people will be attending.
(09:25:54) lxmaier: > MrTom
(09:25:56) MrTom: ThomasCanniot (sorry i'm late... :( )
(09:25:56) gja: !
(09:26:00) kushal: !
(09:26:11) lxmaier: MrTom: any news on your event?
(09:26:17) MrTom: nothing to add since last time, just bought some
dvds to distribute them :)
(09:26:29) lxmaier: MrTom: this is great! how many?
(09:27:07) MrTom: i bought blank dvds then i will be able to burn them
on demand but i will prepare 10 i think
(09:27:22) lxmaier: good job MrTom
(09:27:25) MrTom: i think about 25-30 person will be attending in my lug
(09:27:38) lxmaier: > gja
(09:27:44) MrTom: we are trying to have some journalust newspaper with us
(09:27:51) gja: you skipped an event
(09:28:03) gja: A day with Fedora
(09:28:06) gja: eof
(09:28:29) lxmaier: gja: thanks, we'll catch up next
(09:28:44) lxmaier: > kushal
(09:28:59) kushal: same, A day with fedora event ??
(09:29:05) lxmaier: Apr 4, 2006   A day with Fedora   Durgapur, West
Bengal, India   KushalDas    A whole day event BCREC College,
Durgapur.
(09:29:05) lxmaier:  Will talk on FC5. Second FC5 as desktop for the
students. One translation speech. Will also have a
(09:29:11) lxmaier: go ahead, kushal!
(09:29:33) kushal: Ok, this is by my lug
(09:29:42) kushal: will have arround 150 students
(09:29:53) kushal: mainly 1st & 2nd years
(09:30:08) kushal: I will talk about FC5, and another on livecd
(09:30:36) kushal: Also asked some other guys to talk about
translation on fedora
(09:31:03) kushal: A special one will be on Fedora: for the students
(09:31:22) kushal: Next day a install fest(arround 50 students)
(09:31:43) kushal: The event is open to every one
(09:31:56) kushal: got arround 60 tees & 15 dvds(FC4)
(09:32:14) kushal: I will take 20CDS (FC5)
(09:32:33) kushal: Hope the event will go perfectly
(09:32:47) kushal: <eof>
(09:32:56) lxmaier: thank you kushal
(09:33:11) lxmaier: next event
(09:33:13) lxmaier: April 12, 2006   Fedora Talk   Uttar Pradesh,
India   PuneetBatura   Talking to my school students on FOSS. I think
i will be talking on FC 5 since we have a auditorium(of about 250
people capacity) with a projector so place is not an issue.
(09:33:24) lxmaier: puneet is not here
(09:33:34) lxmaier: next one
(09:33:36) lxmaier: Apr 19-22, 2006   FISL 7.0   Porto Alegre, RS,
Brazil -  7th International Free Software Forum
(09:33:36) lxmaier: This is the biggest conference for IT
Infrastructure and Developers in Brazil.
(09:33:36) lxmaier: See FedoraEvents/FISL for more description.
RodrigoPadula     See FedoraEvents/FISL for status.
(09:33:48) lxmaier: is anyone who knows the status here?
(09:34:04) tchung: !
tchung thl
(09:34:08) lxmaier: > tchung
(09:34:19) tchung: I still have not heard from him yet.
(09:34:25) Foolish [n=foolish@72.84-48-53.nextgentel.com] entered the room.
(09:34:34) tchung: I'll contact him again later on.
(09:34:35) tchung: eof
(09:34:59) lxmaier: thank you tchung
(09:35:08) lxmaier: next one
(09:35:11) lxmaier: Apr 22-23, 2006    lanwelche   Strasbourg, FRANCE
 ChitleshGoorah   Video Games on LAN
(09:35:24) lxmaier: ChitleshGoorah is not here
(09:35:35) lxmaier: last event
(09:35:38) lxmaier: June 23-25, 2006    Journée du Libre 4
Strasbourg, France. This event is intended for the promotion of open
source softwares and linux. There will also be conferences about
various open source topics   ChitleshGoorah    See
FedoraEvents/Strasbourg
(09:35:46) lxmaier: ChitleshGoorah again :)
(09:35:55) tchung: !
(09:36:02) lxmaier: unless somebody knows about this one, i will close the topic
(09:36:06) lxmaier: > tchung
(09:36:20) tchung: I think he sent out his current status on list.
(09:36:21) tchung: eof
(09:36:42) lxmaier: tchung: yes, i believe so :)
(09:36:46) GeroldKa: !
(09:36:55) lxmaier: > GeroldKa
(09:37:02) GeroldKa: reopening Linuxtag Germany now?!
(09:37:13) lxmaier: GeroldKa: you have 5 minutes
(09:37:18) GeroldKa: so I'll report some points
(09:37:34) GeroldKa: we do not get the rooms for a FUDCon
(09:37:54) GeroldKa: maybe we'll get two rooms for maybe 60 to 120 people
(09:38:09) GeroldKa: BruderTux and me don't think, that this makes sense
(09:38:24) mspevack_out is now known as mspevack
(09:38:31) GeroldKa: but we both think it's a must tp be presented at
the event himself
(09:38:39) GeroldKa: and we try all to get a booth
(09:38:56) GeroldKa: we're looking forward to have some addional help
(09:39:21) GeroldKa: but this depends on the size of the booth we'll get from LT
(09:39:33) GeroldKa: I'll reopen the event later on the wiki
(09:39:41) GeroldKa: eof
(09:39:47) lxmaier: thank you GeroldKa
(09:39:53) lxmaier: next agenda topic
(09:40:00) lxmaier:  Promotional material for Kadischi
(09:40:13) lxmaier: DavidNalley is not here
(09:40:17) lxmaier: anyone else?
(09:40:23) kushal: !
(09:40:27) lxmaier: > kushal
(09:40:41) kushal: distribute livecds...
(09:41:07) kushal: most of the people never heard of Fedora livecds
(09:41:10) kushal: <eof>
(09:41:19) AutOPSY: !
(09:41:22) lxmaier: thank you kushal
(09:41:24) lxmaier: > AutOPSY
(09:42:00) AutOPSY: With Kadischi you can build your CDs, Since FC CDs
are uncommon, they are definitely worth distributing.. <eof>
(09:42:09) AutOPSY: (LiveCDs).
(09:42:17) lxmaier: next topic
(09:42:26) lxmaier:   FC5 Tours    RahulSundaram, FrancescoUgolini,
and anyone interested
(09:42:34) lxmaier: anything to add here?
(09:42:41) lxmaier: mether: you here?
(09:42:44) tchung: !
(09:42:47) lxmaier: > tchung
(09:43:06) tchung: he didn't respond to roll call so he's not present
(09:43:26) lxmaier: might have come back or woken up or something :)
(09:43:30) lxmaier: whatever :)
(09:43:33) tchung: I think I should contact him to find out if it's ok
to remove FC5 Tours from the schedule.
(09:43:34) tchung: eof
(09:43:46) lxmaier: thanks for that tchung
(09:43:47) lxmaier: moving on
(09:44:08) lxmaier: Video contest    Owner: AlexMaier
(09:44:19) lxmaier: so i have not heard back from Creative Commons yet.
(09:44:31) lxmaier: I will have to ping them again this week and see
what's going on
(09:44:58) lxmaier: i will also get in touch with a merchandise
producing company to manufacture schwag for the contest
(09:45:07) lxmaier: this is all for now
(09:45:14) gja: !
(09:45:16) gja: ?
GeroldKa gja greendisease gregdek_gone
(09:45:45) lxmaier: > G
(09:45:50) lxmaier: > gja
(09:46:24) gja: the prize money was announced as $5000 (IIRC), which I
felt was a bit high
(09:46:30) gja: I enquired on thie list
(09:46:36) gja: was any final decision made
(09:46:42) gja: on the prize money amount?
(09:46:46) gja: <eof>
(09:47:01) lxmaier: gja: nope, the prize money is NOT 5K
(09:47:08) lxmaier: 5 K is all we got to run the contest
(09:47:32) lxmaier: a larger chunk of if will be spent on small giveaways
(09:48:04) lxmaier: the main prize shall not be more expensive than
USD 500 to make the contest be easier to conduct legally across the
world
(09:48:16) ***lxmaier has spoken with legal folks
(09:48:24) KarlieRobinson
[n=on-disk@cpe-66-66-15-59.rochester.res.rr.com] entered the room.
(09:48:27) gja: !
(09:48:30) lxmaier: > gja
(09:48:42) gja: that is a fair amount... I retract my contest
(09:48:45) gja: >eof>
(09:49:02) lxmaier: thank you gja
(09:49:10) lxmaier: any more questions to video contest?
(09:49:22) lxmaier: then let's move on
(09:49:26) lxmaier: Schwag pipeline and a Standard Ambassadors Survival Kit
(09:49:42) lxmaier: in gregdek_gone 's absense, will mspevack report?
(09:49:51) lxmaier: > mspevack
(09:49:54) CyberSpy: !
(09:50:18) mspevack: lxmaier: i don't have an update on schwag pipeline, sorry
(09:50:18) lxmaier: > CyberSpy
(09:50:24) CyberSpy: Would an Ambassador Survival Kit invlude a
carboard cutaway kiosk of some sort?
(09:50:31) CyberSpy: include*
(09:50:46) cds: !
(09:50:52) lxmaier: > cds
(09:50:57) CyberSpy: I found a lan cafe/gaming center that will let us
put in a kiosk there with iso's
(09:51:02) CyberSpy: <eof>
(09:51:39) cds: Putting just CDs on a table won't exactly help our
cause - nobody will pick them up.
(09:51:51) cds: We need to be there when giving people the DVD
(09:51:52) cds: eof
(09:52:40) lxmaier: the survival kits are planned to include a table
throw and/or a vinyl banner
(09:53:10) lxmaier: not all ambassadors will be able to get them at
once, b/c they are expensive, but we are looking to produce a few each
quarter
(09:53:13) lxmaier: eof
(09:53:32) lxmaier: i will close this topic, unless there are more comments
(09:53:41) lxmaier: moving on
(09:53:43) lxmaier: Presentations for Ambassadors    RahulSundaram
Standing item   We need to provide Ambassadors with some slide decks
for various presentations. We should probably aggregate the ones we
already have and make them available. We should also figure out our
policy for licensing these presentations!
(09:53:47) splinux [n=splinux@168-119.240.81.adsl.skynet.be] entered the room.
(09:53:54) lxmaier: anyone wants to comment?
(09:54:06) lxmaier: okay then
(09:54:12) lxmaier: we'll skip fedora libraries
(09:54:15) lxmaier:  Fedora Community Free Media Project
ThomasChung     Launching FC5 Release Date     See FreeMedia for more
information.
(09:54:18) lxmaier: > tchung
(09:54:30) CyberSpy: !
(09:54:45) tchung: well, I've finially given away 50 DVDs so far.
(09:54:58) splinux: hi all
(09:55:03) tchung: The request form is still closed since I have no
more DVDs left.
(09:55:26) tchung: I migth burn 50 more next week.
(09:55:27) tchung: eof
(09:55:37) lxmaier: > CyberSpy
(09:55:56) CyberSpy: I have 400 burnt, I need some sort of label image
so I can print on them (like the old blue FC2 isos), and 100 more will
be burnt today
(09:56:01) CyberSpy: <eof>
(09:56:13) tchung: !
(09:56:16) lxmaier: > tchung
(09:56:43) gja: !
(09:56:50) tchung: Once again, this is volunteer program so we don't
have to put official label image
(09:57:09) lxmaier: but if CyberSpy wants to?
(09:57:11) tchung: my DVDs have simple Fedora Core 5 in black text. :)
(09:57:12) tchung: eof
(09:57:23) JoseTarazona: !
(09:57:30) lxmaier: > gja
(09:57:52) gja: I believe there is also an effort who wish to help give CDs away
(09:57:58) gja: however,
(09:58:16) gja: as this is somewhat controvertial
(09:58:23) gja: I suggest we take this topic to the list
(09:58:28) gja: <eof>
(09:58:29) cds: !
JorgeTorres JoseTarazona
(09:58:41) lxmaier: > JoseTarazona
(09:58:47) JoseTarazona: I think we must use the same labels on CDs or
DVDs, even if this is a volunteer program.  Fedora must show a common
and strong image to the public.
(09:58:50) gja: !
(09:58:52) lxmaier: > cds you're on after JoseTarazona
(09:58:59) JoseTarazona: <eof>
(09:59:02) lxmaier: > gja you're on after cds
(09:59:06) lxmaier: > cds
(09:59:55) tchung: go ahread cds
(10:00:11) cds: The topic about vendors/sponsoredMedia is being
discussed off list, and we'll get back to interested paries once
something is worked out.
(10:00:14) cds: eof
(10:00:26) gja: I forgot s word in what I said
(10:00:43) gja: I believe there is also an effort for *vendors* who
wish to help give CDs away
(10:00:52) gja: it has been proposed on list
(10:00:59) gja: and I think a discussion has to be made
(10:01:03) ChitleshGoorah left the room (quit: "Leaving").
(10:01:05) lxmaier: gja: it is irrelevant at the moment
(10:01:10) GeroldKa: ?
(10:01:14) gja: eofg
(10:01:17) lxmaier: we cannot discuss raw ideas in the meeting
(10:01:27) lxmaier: > GeroldKa
(10:01:34) GeroldKa: http://booth.zapto.org/~foxkm/FC5/ these are no
official labels, correct???!
(10:02:01) GeroldKa: eof
(10:02:06) CyberSpy: !
(10:02:18) lxmaier: > CyberSpy
(10:02:33) CyberSpy: Those are great, I'll use them if it's okay
(10:02:35) CyberSpy: <eof>
(10:02:40) lxmaier: CyberSpy: why not?
(10:02:52) lxmaier: they don't seem to be in violation of brand guidelines
(10:03:03) GeroldKa: !
(10:03:25) lxmaier: i hope we will be able to publish the ones we'll
use for official DVDs--once we've got them
(10:03:27) lxmaier: > GeroldKa
(10:03:46) GeroldKa: I don't agree really; because of the Fedora is in
the wrong font, and the logo is on front of the text and not at the
end
(10:04:08) GeroldKa: maybe we get an official label some day?
(10:04:09) GeroldKa: eof
(10:04:16) tchung: !
(10:04:24) lxmaier: > tchung
(10:04:36) lxmaier: GeroldKa: read above
(10:04:43) tchung: let's move on. I'm done reporting my part. :)
(10:04:45) tchung: eof
(10:04:56) lxmaier:  Fedora Worth Of Mouth Project     ClairShaw
(10:04:59) lxmaier: > cds
(10:05:08) cds: Yes...
(10:06:13) cds: In order to help Ambassadors concentrate on events,
I've started up WOM. It's to help ambassadors (and others) get support
for general publicing of fedora, telling individuals about it, etc.
(10:06:44) cds: atm I'm just after as many people interested in
helping/getting help as possible, and filling in common questions.
(10:06:48) cds: eof
(10:07:10) mether: lxmaier, here now
(10:07:44) lxmaier: anyone wish to comment on WOM project?
(10:07:55) JoseTarazona: !
JorgeTorres JoseTarazona
(10:08:02) lxmaier: > JoseTarazona
(10:08:26) JoseTarazona: It will be possible to create a spanish
language version of the project?
(10:08:33) cds: !
(10:08:37) lxmaier: > cds
(10:08:43) JoseTarazona: <eof>
(10:08:44) cds: I've love that :)
(10:08:46) cds: eof
(10:09:02) lxmaier: then i guess cds and JoseTarazona should work
together on this
(10:09:06) lxmaier: anything else?
(10:09:08) cds: +1
(10:09:14) JoseTarazona: +2
(10:09:20) lxmaier: otherwise i would say we close the meeting for today
(10:09:25) tchung: !
(10:09:26) gja: !
(10:09:27) GeroldKa: +3
(10:09:32) lxmaier: > tchung
(10:09:58) tchung: just want to let you know, we won't have a meeting
next week since most of famsco members will be
(10:10:05) tchung: at the Boston. :)
(10:10:06) tchung: eof
(10:10:26) GeroldKa left the room (quit: "Verlassend").
(10:10:35) cds: !
(10:10:35) lxmaier: > gja
(10:10:35) gja: mether is back, so shouldn't we revisit the FC5 tour?
(10:10:40) gja: <eof>
(10:10:47) lxmaier: gja: we're over time already
(10:11:01) mether: nothing to visit there. it can be removed from schedule
(10:11:10) tchung: thank  you mether
(10:11:15) lxmaier: okay then
(10:11:20) lxmaier: the meeting is now
(10:11:27) lxmaier: === adjourned ===
